Saturday, May 31, 2014

Steve Hinnefeld Reviews Hoosier School Heist: Unions Unite NOW

by Doug MartinSteve Hinnefeld has posted a review of my book Hoosier School Heist on his blog, School Matters. Please read his review and check out his other pieces, too. Here is an excerpt from Steven's review: "Martin has a Ph.D. in literature, has taught in universities and published a book of Walt Whitman criticism. He can turn a phrase, and he can bring out the drama in a right-vs.-wrong narrative. Now working as a behavioral aide at a Vigo County, Ind., public alternative school, he grew up near Terre Haute, which may explain a lot. Maybe it’s the legacy of Eugene V. Debs or the memory of coal-field union wars, but Western Indiana progressives say what they think. Martin’s give-‘em-hell approach reminds me of United Mine Workers members I met while writing about coal strikes 30 years ago."Oddly, Steve didn't know at the time of his writing that my father was a member of the United Mine Workers of America and participated in the strikes that Steve mentions. I remember the strikes well.As labor professor Patrick Hill has been telling audiences across Indiana, it is time all of the unions join together and fight off the billionaires. So true. Check out Patrick and Randy Obenchain's (read his piece here) radio show The Workers' Voice coming every Saturday at 9am to Indiana Talks.

A national expert on the corporate and theocratic assault against public education, Doug Martin is the author of Hoosier School Heist, the book which exposes the corruption, scandals, and campaign financing behind so-called school reform in Indiana and elsewhere. OrderHoosier School Heist and get the facts.